Whip-holder.



PATENTED JAN. 30, 1906. T. & H. LUDEWIGK. WHIP HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 19. 1905.

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WHIP-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

1 Patented Jan. 30, 1906.

Application filed May 19,1905. Serial No. 261,237.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, TONIE LUDEWICK and. HUMBERT LUDEWIOK, citizens of the United. States, residing at Irving, in the county of Montgomery and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Whip-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention embodies novel improvements in whip-holders for carriages, wagons, and similar vehicles; and the essential feature of the invention resides in the provision of a holder including lock means for positive engagement with the whip to prevent the same from being removed-for instance, in order to prevent the whip from being stolensaid lock means being key-operated.

A further feature of the invention is included in the general simplicity of the operating mechanism comprised in the invention, the above enabling the device to be made at a comparatively small-cost, increasing the general practicality thereof in an obvious manner.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a.

whip-holder embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view showing more clearly the arrangement of the Whip-engaging dogs and the actuating means therefor, the sockethead being removed. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken about on the line X X of Fig. 2 and bringing out clearly the disposition of the locking-pawl.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

A. whipholder embodying this invention consists of a hollow body or socket 1, the upper portion of which flares outwardly, as shown at 2, being provided at this portion with a vertical annular flange 3. The body 1 is of course preferably made of metal, and secured to the upper portion thereof and joined with the upper edge of the flange 3 is a socket-head 4. The head 4 consists of a hollow body composed of inner and outer walls 5 and 6, respectively, and a bottom plate 7, provided with a circular opening contrally thereof to permit the whip to be inserted into the socket or body 1 of the holder. The socket-head 4- is secured to the upper flared portion 2 of the body 1 of the holder by means of vertical tie-rods 8, which rigidly hold the socket-head 4 upon the body 1. Arranged in the space surrounded by the flange 3 of the body of the holder and operating below the bottom 7 of the socket-head 4 is a movable actuating member consisting of a rotatable disk 9, having a central opening through which the whiphandle passes as the latter is introduced into the holder to be supported thereby. The tie-rods 8 pass through arcuate slots 10 in the disk or rotating mem her 9 in order to permit this member to be rotated, and the flange 3 is also formed with a slot therein through which the shank of a handle 11 passes, said shank being suitably attached to the disk 9 with the handle eX- terior of the flange 3 in such a position as to be conveniently grasped in order to actuate the disk 9 aforesaid. The inner wall 5 of the socket-head 4. flares at the upper portion, so as to facilitate insertion of the handle of the whip into the holder, as will be readily un derstood.

The lock means for preventing displacement of the whip from the holder 1 includes in addition to the member 9, before described, a plurality of engaging dogs 12, carried by the upper ends of flat springs 13, secured at the lower end portions thereof to the interior of the body 1 of the holder, as shown at 14. The springs 13 normally hold the dogs 12 in such a position that the whip may be readily inserted into the holder, the dogs 12 holding said whip from movement, but not being held in positive engagement therewith to lock the same from withdrawal. The dogs 12 are of peculiar formation, being thicker at one end than at the other end and having curved outer and inner surfaces, the construction of said dogs forming cam members which are adapted to be engaged by the disk 9 as the latter is rotated, so that said cam members or dogs 12 will be forced toward each other into positive locking engagement with the whiphandle or butt of the whip and obviate all likelihood of Withdrawal of the same until the mechanism is unlocked. The opening formed in the disk 9, through which the handle or butt of the whip passes on insertion thereof into the holder, is formed at its peripheral portion with a plurality of camways or recesses 14, which are adapted to positively'engage the outer sides of the dogs' l2, so as to coperate therewith by a cam action in forcing the same inwardly or toward the butt or handle of the whip when the handle 11 of the disk 9 is grasped and the latter rotated. When the disk 9 is rotated, so as to cause the members 12 to positively engage the handle of the whip in the manner above described, the locking pawl 15, pivotally mounted above the disk 9, engages arcuately-arranged teeth 16, formed in the upper side of the disk 9 near the peripheral portion thereof. The pawl 15 is preferably pivoted above the bottom plate 7 of the socket-head 4, which plate is formed with an opening through which the lower end of the pawl passes in order to positively engage the teeth 16 of the disk 9 in the operation above mentioned. As the disk 9 is rotated in forcing the members 12 toward the whiphandle the pawl 15 rides freely over the teeth 16, preventing any reverse rotation of the disk, however. After the members 12 have been caused to engage the same the pawl 15 is engaged with one of the teeth 16 and positively locks the disk 9 from such rotation as would throw the same out of cooperation with the dogs and permit the whip to be withdrawn. In order to reversely rotate the member 9, it is necessary to introduce a key 17 through a key-opening 18 in the outer wall 6 of the socket-head 4, and the inner extremity of this key will be arranged beneath the pawl 15, so that by turning the key said pawl will be raised and disengaged from the teeth 16, whereupon the handle 11 may be grasped and the disk 9 turned, so that the members 12 can be moved outwardly and permit the whip to be withdrawn from the holder.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is In a whip-holder, the combination of a socket or hollow body adapted to receive a whip, springs secured to the socket interiorly thereof, whip-engaging dogs carried by said springs, a rotatable disk mounted upon the socket or body and provided with cam-surfaces to engage the engaging dogs in actuating the same, a handle for manipulating said rotatable disk, the disk having a plurality of arcuatelyarranged teeth, a socket-head secured to the socket or hollow body of the holder, a locking-pawl pivotally mounted in said socket-head and adapted to engage the teeth of the disk, and a key insertible into the socket head to disengage the locking pawl from the disk, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof we aifiX our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

TONIE LUDEWICK. [L. s.]

HUMBERT LUDEWICK. [L. s.] Witnesses:

H. M. KELLY,

C. C. WILEY. 

